ASBTDC to Hold Forge IDEA Festival of Northeast Arkansas
May 26, 2015
JONESBORO — The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC)
at Arkansas State University is hosting the Forge IDEA Festival of Northeast Arkansas,
Saturday, June 13, at the Delta Center for Economic Development, 319 University Loop
Circle. IDEA stands for Innovators, Developers, Entrepreneurs and Artists.
The mission of the Forge IDEA Festival is to create a stimulating and invigorating
environment for creative, innovative individuals in technology, business, the arts,
sciences, agriculture and philanthropy who will share ideas, raise questions and inspire
thoughts that lead to action.
Previously known as Barcamp Jonesboro, IDEA is a time each year that participants
gather in a single place to teach, speak, lead, hold question and answer sessions
and interact with each other to take a step back from day-to-day routines to delve
into an atmosphere of ideas, thought and discussion.
Featured speakers include Kristen Jeffers, BikeWalkKC, North Carolina Placemaker &
“A Black Urbanist,” Jeff Amerine of Startup Junkie Consulting, John Auker of Delta
Cuisine Commercial Kitchen and Business Incubator and Steve Schrantz of Schrantz Law
Firm.
Panelists are assistant professor of physics Dr. Ross Carroll of Arkansas State; Dr.
Brian Rogers, catalyst innovation accelerator of Arkansas State; assistant professor
of agricultural systems technology Dr. Peter Ako Larbi of Arkansas State; Louis Foreman
of Edison Nation; and Robert Bahn, business consultant with the ASBTDC.
Pre-registration is required for this event. To register, call (870) 972-3517, or
visit the training calendar at asbtdc.org to register online. For additional information
regarding the festival, go to http://forgearkansas.com/festival/.
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested
in advance. Contact Kelli Listenbee, A-State SBTDC Training Specialist and Business
Consultant at (870) 972-3517.
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at Arkansas State University
is a partnership of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the University of Arkansas
at Little Rock College of Business and Arkansas State University College of Business.
The ASBTDC assists start-ups, existing businesses and technology businesses. Core
services include free consulting and market research plus low to no cost training.
Learn more at astatesbtdc.org.
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